“Fish encounters are what people usually want to talk about when they find out I’ve been diving in Squam, but I’d be lying if I ever said it wasn’t the plants that enchanted me most.”

“[T]he first time my parents brought me to the ocean as an infant, they were worried I wouldn’t like it, and instead I promptly plopped myself down in the surf and just kept smiling.”

“I’ve always meant to visit this region of the U.S but have never found the time up until now.”

“As a Lifelong New Hampshire resident, I thought I really knew the state.”

“It has been beyond inspiring to serve a community that rallies around a beautiful body of water such as Newfound Lake and its vast watershed.”

“Time is so weird right now. Yesterday feels like 3 days ago, and 2 months ago feels like 3 years ago. And I love it.”

“I hope to see my first snapping turtle underwater one of these times… ideally not anywhere near my fingers and toes though. “

“I knew for a long time that I did not want to be stuck working in an office all day long so being able to be outside all of the time has been a really cool experience.”

“I like to think that with the inclusion of the Merrimack River Watershed Council as a service site this year, the Lakes Region Conservation Corps now helps protect every step of the upper Merrimack’s watershed.”

“Hype around cutting a tree in half has been well concealed, because if I knew how good this accomplishment would feel, I would have asked Santa for an axe years and years ago.”